Page 4 - The Changing Chances Strength Based Approach to Control Centre Skills (Executive Function Skills) MASTER 2020

Strengths & Difficulties

It may be that these Control Centre Skills are the things you find hardest. That’s tough because
we need these skills a lot of the time – at home and at school.

You may be one of the unlucky ones: the things you find easy may be the kinds of things you
don’t spend much time doing at school – building, sports, climbing, gaming, drawing or designing.

That can end up leaving us feeling as if we aren’t that capable – even though we have loads of
strengths.

The answer is to make sure you remind yourself of your strengths on a daily basis and get
involved in as many things as possible that use your strengths. It’s also important to make sure
other people know your strengths so that they can design lessons and tasks that use them too.

Some people are great at speaking. They can tell a great story, make people
laugh and win arguments easily!

Other people have good visual motor skills; they are great at art,
design and building things.

There are people who are great at working out patterns and codes. They may be great at this in
mathematics, in computer coding or when using sound as a musician.

Some people are good at moving their body. They do well in sports such
as tennis, football and gymnastics or climbing and swimming.

There are people who are great at looking after others – good at caring for
babies and younger children or older people.

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